In Russia, Artificial Intelligence Becomes a Travel Companion
With AI, travelers can plan trips, optimize budgets, and make vacations more comfortable and rewarding.
The head of user products at Yandex Travel, Mikhail Ostroverkhiy, says artificial intelligence is especially useful at the earliest stage of trip planning.
Neural networks can help travelers choose routes and gather up-to-date information about destinations, including entry rules, changes in local conditions, mobile connectivity, and other practical details. This helps avoid unpleasant surprises and makes it easier to prepare for a trip.
Don’t Forget the Essentials
AI can also take on travel budget planning. The expert recommends sharing an approximate spending plan with a neural network and asking it to analyze the numbers to identify potential savings. In addition, AI can generate a travel preparation checklist, covering everything from documents and tickets to personal items and useful links, reducing the risk of forgetting something important.
A Personal Guide
During the trip itself, artificial intelligence can act as a personal guide. It can build routes tailored to individual preferences, such as paths that pass local cafés, scenic viewpoints, or quiet parks. Smart cameras and built-in translators help travelers navigate menus, signs, and landmarks, while also providing brief historical context about places encountered along the way.
Turning Experience Into Insight
After returning home, AI can analyze the travel experience and offer recommendations for the future, highlighting where money was saved, which travel formats worked best, and which destinations might be worth considering next time.
According to Ostroverkhiy, the key to effective use of neural networks is clear and detailed prompts that specify budget, trip length, group composition, and desired pace of travel.
At the same time, the expert advises double-checking critically important information to ensure plans remain reliable and up to date.
